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Selection of the principal cause of death : studies on the basis of mortality statistics for rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]

, 1984
The official statistics of Sweden for 1971-75 show a 2.7-fold increase in mortality for men and a 3.0-fold increase for women attributed to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as the underlying cause of death.
Lindahl, B Ingemar B
core   +3 more sources

Heart failure describing the underlying cause of death – a misconception, lack of information on the true underlying causes or both? [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Aim: The underlying cause of death represents the most important information on death certificates. Often, conditions that cannot represent a true underlying cause of death are listed as such.
Sulo, Gerhard
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Comparative evaluation of underlying causes of death processed by the Automated Classification of Medical Entities and the Underlying Cause of Death Selection Systems [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1998
INTRODUCTION: The correct identification of the underlying cause of death and its precise assignment to a code from the International Classification of Diseases are important issues to achieve accurate and universally comparable mortality statistics ...
Santo Augusto H., Pinheiro Celso E., Rodrigues Eliana M.   +2 more
doaj   +8 more sources

A divergence between underlying and final causes of death in selected conditions: an analysis of death registries in Peru [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Background The underlying cause of death is used to study country and global mortality trends and profiles. The final cause of death could also inform the ultimately cause of death in individuals with underlying conditions.
Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz   +1 more
doaj   +9 more sources

COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death: disentangling facts and values. [PDF]

Hist Philos Life Sci, 2021
In the ongoing pandemic, death statistics influence people's feelings and government policy. But when does COVID-19 qualify as the cause of death? As philosophers of medicine interested in conceptual clarification, we address the question by analyzing the World Health Organization's rules for the certification of death.
Amoretti MC, Lalumera E.
europepmc   +7 more sources

Place of death and healthcare utilisation at the end of life among individuals with mental and behavioural disorders as underlying cause of death: population-level multiple-register study. [PDF]

BJPsych Open
Olsson MM, Holmberg C, Larsdotter C, Nyblom S, Öhlén J.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The impact of errors in medical certification on the accuracy of the underlying cause of death. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2021
Background Correct certification of cause of death by physicians (i.e. completing the medical certificate of cause of death or MCCOD) and correct coding according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) rules are essential to produce quality mortality statistics to inform health policy.
Gamage USH, Adair T, Mikkelsen L, Mahesh PKB, Hart J, Chowdhury H, Li H, Joshi R, Senevirathna WMCK, Fernando HDNL, McLaughlin D, Lopez AD.   +11 more
europepmc   +7 more sources

Underlying Causes of Death among Adults with Cerebral Palsy [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022
Background: Adults with cerebral palsy (CP) represent a growing population whose healthcare needs are poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to examine trends in the underlying causes of death (UCOD) among adults with CP in the United States.
Mark D. Peterson, Allecia M. Wilson, Edward A. Hurvitz   +2 more
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An Automatic Approach Designed for Inference of the Underlying Cause-of-Death of Citizens. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
It is very important to have a comprehensive understanding of the health status of a country’s population, which helps to develop corresponding public health policies. Correct inference of the underlying cause-of-death for citizens is essential to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the health status of a country’s population.
Ge H, Gao K, Li S, Wang W, Chen Q, Lin X, Huan Z, Su X, Yang X.   +8 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

A Method for Identifying Underlying Causes of Death in Epidemiological Study.

Journal of Epidemiology, 2000
To obtain the underlying causes of death in individuals of a cohort (male only), the items of date of birth, date of death and address code at the time of death were linked between the data of resident cards and the death tapes of National Vital Statistics supplied by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Tamiko Iwasaki, Toshio Miyake, Sumio Ohshima, Shinichi Kudo, Takesumi Yoshimura   +4 more
openalex   +5 more sources